Game apparatus.



1888848889; PATENTBD ABR. 2, v190'?f GAME..8888118'1:88.A APPLICATION FILED 00T. 1981906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAN C. MONROE, OF I-IUNTSVILLE,

GAME APPARATUS.

ivo. 848,839.

Application iiled October 19,1906. Serial No. 339,664.

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAN C. MONROE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntsville, in the county of Madison and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatuses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a game apparatus which will be cheap to manufacture and of simple construction and which will not only prove interesting and amusing to adults, but will also be educational in character in that it may be used to excite the interest of children and at the same time teach them how to read the face of a clock or watch to tell the time, as well as to count.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of my game apparatus. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a top plan view illustrating, on an enlarged scale, one of the counters; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the scoring-pins.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

In carrying out my invention I provide a game-board B, which may be of any desired shape and size and material and which is providedl with a circular depression C in its upper face. Around the margin of this deression an overhanging ring D is secured, the inner edge of said ring constituting an inwardly extending flange. A disk E is mounted 'in the depression C and is provided with a central lower extension E fitting in a corresponding socket B in the game-board and constituting a pivot, so that the disk E may be rotated about its socket in the depression C by means of a button or similar device E2, said disk being retained in place by means of the overhanging iiange of the ring D.

T ie disk E contains the representation of a clock-face, (designated F,) and said face embodies two concentric circles G and II, respectively. The inner circle of the two displays the Roman numerals I to XII to indicate the hours, while the outer circle dis- Speccation of Letters Patent.

pendent movement.

Patented April 2, 1907.

plays Arabic numerals from 1 to 60 to indicate the minutes. In addition to these two series of numerals the face may display Arabic numerals from l to l2, arranged around the outermost circle G and adapted to indicate the hours, so as to assist in reading the Roman numerals, if necessary.

A pivot-pin J, which may be inserted in place before the disk E, is received in the depression O, extends through said disky centrally thereof within the portrayed clock or watch face, and on this pivot-pin pointers or clock-hands G and II are mounted for inde- The numerals indicating the hours are of contrasting color to those indicating the minutes, and the two hands are correspondingly colored. For instance, in the present embodiment of the invention, as shown in the accompanying drawings, the hour-numerals and hour-hand are represented in black, while the minute-numerals and the minute-hand are red.

On .the face of the gaine-board and preferably grouped around the disk E is a plurality of counters K, four of these being shown in the present instance and being numbered l up to 4 and being intended one for each player of the game.

Each of the counters embodies two concentric rings L and M, of which the innermost ring is numbered from l u to 24 in sections, indicating the hours ofp the day, there being provided a peg-socket in each section, while the outermost circle M is numbered in sections from "1 up to 60 and indicates the minutes, there also being provided a peg-socket in each one of these sections. To correspond to the contrasting-color scheme above described, the numerals l to 24, to designate the hours, are black, while the numerals l to 60, representing the minutes, are indicated as being red.

N designates the counting pegs. or pins, which are preferably provided with rings O, so that they may be readily secured by fleXi` ble connections to the rings P on the gameboard. There are preferably provided two of these pegs for each counter or each player, and the pegs are of contrasting color, corresponding to the color scheme above set forth, and are intended to be received in the two series of peg-sockets.

In playing my improved game the disk E is turned so that the clock or watch face may be brought'to the proper position with respect to the position of each of the players in IOO IIO

turn, and the two hands G and H are preferably brought to the XH position and are caused to rapidly rotate by the flipping of the fingers. When the hands have come to rest, the score of the play is counted. vFor instance, if the hour-hand G comes to rest between X and XI the player will count off and place the peg in the hole in the hour-circle of his counter at ff He then observes the minute-hand H', to the red numeral XIL for instance, he will count oil' and place his minute-pin in the pin-circle of the counter 12. As twentyfour hours make one day, one or more days may be made to complete the game. It, for instance, the game is to be one day, the player who lirst counts twenty-four hours wins the game. Sixty minutes make one hour, and when sixty or more minutes have been scored in the minute-circle add one hour to the score of hours and score the remaining minutes, if any, in the minute-circle. hen players are unable to count, as above noted, one person may score for all, and small children may play the game with interest by simply scoring the hours until they learn to score the minutes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. A game apparatus, comprising a gameboard containing the representation of a clock-face, embodying Roman numerals for the hours and a circular series of Arabic numerals designating the minutes, the two sets of numerals being of contrasting colors and freelypivoted dummy hands mounted within the clock-face, said hands being of contrasting colors corresponding to the colors of the two sets of numerals.

and ii' it points board provided with a depression in its upper face, and a socket at the center of the depression, a disk received in said depression and provided with a central boss or extension litting in the said socket and constituting a pivot around which the disk may turn, a retaining-ring secured to the game-board and extending over the outer edge of the disk, a pivot-pin in said disk at the center thereof, the said disk containing the representation of a clock-face, and freely-pivoted dummy hands mounted within the clock-face- 4. A game apparatus, comprising a gameboard containing the representation of a clock-face, dummy hands pivotally mounted within the clock-face, the clock-face embodying two concentric sets of numerals designating the hours and minutes, respectively, and a counter displayed on said board and embodying two concentric circles of numerals, one circle or set of numerals ruiming from one to twenty-four and the other from one to sixty, there being provided a pegsocket for each of said numerals.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

DAN C. MONROE. [L s] 

